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selving

selving noun: the formation or modification of one's identity.

Noun

selving (uncountable)

  1. The formation or modification of one's identity.
    • The selving process is one that cannot be reduced to origins or to a repetition of antecedent/repressed conditions.1996, Robert S. Corrington, Nature's Self: Our Journey from Origin to Spirit, →ISBN, page 40
    • Moral selving among the drafted volunteers at The Salvation Army exposed an organization that believed in mandated change.2000, Rebecca Anne Allahyari, Visions of Charity: Volunteer Workers and Moral Community, →ISBN, page 152

Origin of selving

From self + -ing.

Questions about selving

What does selving mean?
Selving means the formation or modification of one's identity.
What part of speech is selving?
Selving is a noun.

Words near selving in the dictionary

  1. Selvidge
  2. Selvidges
  3. Selvig
  4. Selvigs
  5. Selvin
  6. selving
  7. Selvins
  8. selvish
  9. Selvitella
  10. Selvon
  11. Selvons

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